Investigators see no link between two bodies found in Connecticut River

HADLEY – Authorities have identified the man discovered in the Connecticut River Friday, May 21, around 6 p.m. as Wasique Hasan, 21, a University of Massachusetts student from Easthampton. No foul play is suspected.

Hasan had been reported missing by his family on Dec. 30 and his name was then entered into the National Crime Information Center as a missing person.

Meanwhile, investigators said a woman kayaking in Connecticut River around noon Wednesday spotted a body along the shoreline off River Drive in Hadley.

Authorities don’t believe the two discoveries are connected.

The kayaker in the river Wednesday, May 26, summoned help by dialing 911 on her cell phone. Hadley police and firefighters responded to the scene, as did officers from the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. The body was that of a male, with no approximate age or cause of death determined. The identification and cause of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.